- Basketball
Two other uses the sport the ball used in the sport Basketball ball mergefrom Women s basketball discuss Talk Basketball Merger proposal date March 2011 pp semi indef pp move indef multiple issues refimprove ... 225px caption Michael Jordan goes for a slam dunk at the old Boston Garden union International Basketball ... team 13 to 15 5 at a time mgender Single category Indoor or Outdoor ball Basketball ball Basketball olympic 1936 Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or Shooting shooting a basketball ball ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of Rules of basketball rules . Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed ... globalisation china basketball title They think it s all over accessdate 2008 12 24 date 2008 12 06 work The Guardian location London first Julian last Borger ref A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim convert 18 in cm 1 in diameter and convert 10 ft m 2 high mounted to a Backboard basketball .... A Field goal basketball field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching ... Traveling basketball traveling to walk with the ball, Carrying basketball carry it, or to double dribble to hold the ball and then resume dribbling . Various Basketball Violations violations are generally called fouls . Disruptive physical contact a Personal foul basketball personal foul is penalized ... conduct on the part of a player or Coach basketball coach . A technical foul gives the opposing team a free throw. Basketball has evolved many commonly used techniques of shooting, passing, and dribbling, as well as specialized Basketball position player positions and offensive and defensive ... Center basketball center , small forward , or Power forward basketball power forward positions, while ... guard . While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on carefully ... more details
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- UK basketball
UK basketball may refer to Kentucky Wildcats men s basketball , at the University of Kentucky British Basketball League , in the United Kingdom dab ... more details
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- Basketball (disambiguation)
wiktionary Basketball Basketball may refer to any of the following Basketball , a sport in which a ball is bounced and thrown through a hoop Basketball ball , the ball used in the sport Basketball video game Basketball video game Basketball The Office episode Basketball The Office episode Basketball song Basketball song , a hip hop song by Kurtis Blow, later covered by Lil Bow Wow disambig ... more details
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- Basketball in Poland
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Basketball in Poland . See also Dominet Bank Ekstraliga DBE Polish Men Basketball League Polska Liga Koszyk wki , PLK PLKK Polska Liga Koszyk wki Kobiet PLKK Polish Women Basketball League Polish Cup in men basketball Polish Cup in women basketball Poland national basketball team Poland women s national basketball team Sports in Poland Europe topic Basketball in DEFAULTSORT Basketball In Poland Category Basketball in Poland Poland sport stub basketball stub ... more details
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- Miss Basketball
Miss Basketball is an award given to the best high school girls basketball player in a specific U.S. state . USHSMSBB dab ... more details
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- Mr. Basketball
about the award the professional basketball player Tal Brody Mr. Basketball is an award given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in a specific U.S. state . USHSMRBB dab ... more details
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- England Basketball
Image England Basketball Logo.jpg thumb right The England Basketball logo. England Basketball is the governing body of the sport of basketball for England . The organisation operates the English Basketball League for both Men and Women, as well as the England national basketball team England national team . The organisation was also involved in the establishment of the Great Britain national basketball team Great Britain team in December 2005, along with its compatriots &ndash Basketballscotland Basketball Scotland and Basketball Wales . Whilst the organisation governs the British Basketball League , the country s elite and only professional basketball league, they are not involved in the day to day running of the league. The organisation was founded in 1936. It is a non profit organisation which is an association of member clubs and players who elect an Board of Directors Executive Board to administer their affairs. The Executive Board employ a number of professional staff to enable it to undertake its duties and achieve its aims. The headquarters of the organisation is in Sheffield . See also English Basketball League England national basketball team England national team External links http www.englandbasketball.co.uk England Basketball official website International basketball FIBA Europe teams FIBA Europe associations Category Basketball in England Category Basketball governing bodies in Europe it Federazione cestistica dell Inghilterra ja ... more details
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- Backboard (basketball)
File Basketball net.jpg thumb A Basketball net and hoop attached to a backboard. A backboard is a piece of basketball equipment. It is a raised vertical board with a basket attached. It is made of a flat, rigid piece of material, often plexiglass . It is usually rectangle rectangular as used in NBA , NCAA and international basketball. But many backboards may be oval , particularly in non professional games. A basketball hoop is flexibly mounted to a basketball backboard via a flexible connection between the backboard and the connection supporting the hoop. The shock of a basket or a dunk is absorbed by the connecting part, so that the rim goes back to a wiktionary horizontal horizontal position once again. In contrast to basketball, beach basketball and netball use baskets that have no backboards. Diagram of basketball backboard gallery Image Basketball backboard and basket bitmap.png The backboard and basket Image 2008 NCAA Basketball backboard dimensions.svg NCAA backboard and basket 2008 gallery Layout prescribed by the Rules of basketball rules of the International Basketball Federation , the National Basketball Association , and the National Collegiate Athletic Association . basketball DEFAULTSORT Backboard Category Basketball equipment da Basketballkurv tr Basketbol potas ... more details
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- Butler (basketball)
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 see also Butler Bulldogs men s basketball Butler was an American basketball team based in Butler, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League . Year by year class wikitable Year League Reg. Season Playoffs 1906 07 CBL 5th Regular Season 4th Postseason Series Did not qualify DEFAULTSORT Butler Basketball Category Basketball teams in Ohio Ohio basketball team stub ... more details
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- Deaf basketball
Deaf basketball is basketball played by Hearing impairment deaf people. Despite the fact that basketball ... Deaf Basketball Australia http www.deafbasketball.org.au fs home.asp , Deaf Basketball UK http www.deafbasketball.org.uk and United States of America Deaf Basketball USADB http www.usadb.us Players Deaf basketball has gained great visibility because of athletes like Lance Allred who played basketball with the National Basketball Association s NBA Cleveland Cavaliers . Allred is hearing impaired, with a 75 80 hearing loss wearing a hearing aid. He later on continued to play basketball professionally in the European basketball leagues. Another high profile deaf basketball player is the Slovenia n professional basketball player Miha Zupan , born with impairment similar to that of Allred, yet plays power forward basketball power forward at highest professional level in Europe. Deaf International Basketball Federation Main Deaf International Basketball Federation Deaf International Basketball Federation DIBF is a world governing body for international deaf basketball with support of International Basketball Federation FIBA and in cooperation with Deaflympics and its confederations ... as an independent association composed of the National Organisations governing deaf basketball. DIBF encourages the growth and development of deaf basketball in all nationals of the world through an organized ... contests and championships in deaf basketball in cooperation with the Deaflympics The Deaf Olympics and its confederations. DIBF also maintains a documented history of the basketball by recording ... to the present. External links http www.dibf.org Deaf International Basketball Federation DIBF Official site http www.deafbasketball.org.au Deaf Basketball Australia http www.deafbasketball.org.uk Deaf Basketball UK http www.usadb.us United States of America Deaf Basketball USADB Team Sport DEFAULTSORT Deaf Basketball Category Forms of basketball Category Team sports Category Deaf sports Basketball ... more details
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- Alliance (basketball)
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Alliance was an American basketball team based in Alliance, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League . The team replaced the East Liverpool Potters for the final 10 games of the 1908 09 season going 0 10. Year by year class wikitable Year League Reg. Season Playoffs 1908 09 CBL 7th No playoff DEFAULTSORT Alliance Basketball Category Basketball teams in Ohio Category Alliance, Ohio Ohio basketball team stub ... more details
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- Canton (basketball)
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Canton was an American basketball team based in Canton, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League . The team replaced the Homestead Young Americans during the 1906 07 Postseason Series. Year by year class wikitable Year League Reg. Season Playoffs 1906 07 CBL 6th Postseason Series Did not qualify DEFAULTSORT Canton Basketball Category Sports in Akron Canton Category Basketball teams in Ohio Ohio basketball team stub ... more details
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- Basketball at the Universiade
Basketball tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1959. The men s tournament was introduced ... Games width 150 labelwidth 190 Basketball at the 1959 Summer Universiade 1959 bk URS bk ITA bk TCH Basketball at the 1961 Summer Universiade 1961 bk URS bk BUL bk TCH Basketball at the 1963 Summer Universiade 1963 bk BRA bk CUB bk PER Basketball at the 1965 Summer Universiade 1965 bk USA bk URS bk HUN Basketball at the 1967 Summer Universiade 1967 bk USA bk KOR bk BRA Basketball at the 1970 Summer Universiade 1970 bk URS bk USA bk CUB Basketball at the 1973 Summer Universiade 1973 bk USA bk URS bk BRA Basketball at the 1977 Summer Universiade 1977 bk USA bk URS bk TCH Basketball at the 1979 Summer Universiade 1979 bk USA bk YUG bk CUB Basketball at the 1981 Summer Universiade 1981 bk USA bk URS bk YUG Basketball at the 1983 Summer Universiade 1983 bk CAN bk YUG bk USA Basketball at the 1985 Summer Universiade 1985 bk URS bk USA bk CAN Basketball at the 1987 Summer Universiade 1987 bk YUG bk USA bk ESP Basketball at the 1989 Summer Universiade 1989 bk USA bk URS bk FRG Basketball at the 1991 Summer Universiade 1991 bk USA bk CAN bk URS Basketball at the 1993 Summer Universiade 1993 bk USA bk CAN bk CHN Basketball at the 1995 Summer Universiade 1995 bk USA bk JPN bk CAN Basketball at the 1997 Summer Universiade 1997 bk USA bk CAN bk BRA Basketball at the 1999 Summer Universiade 1999 bk USA bk FR Yugoslavia bk ESP Basketball at the 2001 Summer Universiade 2001 bk FR Yugoslavia bk CHN bk USA Basketball at the 2003 Summer Universiade 2003 bk SCG bk RUS bk CAN Basketball at the 2005 Summer Universiade 2005 bk USA bk UKR bk SCG Basketball at the 2007 Summer Universiade 2007 bk LTU bk SRB bk CAN Basketball at the 2009 Summer Universiade 2009 bk SRB bk RUS bk USA Women MedalistTable class wikitable sortable type Games width 150 labelwidth 190 Basketball at the 1961 Summer Universiade 1961 bkw BUL bkw URS bkw TCH Basketball at the 1965 Summer Universiade 1963 bkw URS bkw TCH ... more details
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- 1936 in basketball
year in basketball this year 1936 Tournaments Men s tournaments Olympics Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Olympics at Berlin Births August 21 Wilt Chamberlain , Hall of Fame center basketball stub fr 1936 en basket ball ... more details
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- SCAA Basketball
Orphan date February 2009 SCAA Basketball zh t linktext is the basketball team of South China AA in Hong Kong . See also South China AA External links zh icon http www.scaabasketball.org SCAA Basketball Team official website Category South China AA ... more details
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- Basketball in Lebanon
orphan date January 2010 Basketball is one of the most popular sports in Lebanon. In Basketball the main federation is the Lebanese Basketball Federation it s a member of FIBA Asia . The first time basketball was played was in the mid of 1920 s.The Lebanon national basketball team has qualified three consecutives times to the FIBA World Championship in 2002 FIBA World Championship 2002 , 2006 FIBA World Championship 2006 , 2010 FIBA World Championship 2010 and he s ranked 24th in the world and the women national team is ranked 61st in the world. Lebanon owns his own basketball league Lebanese Basketball League for men and women in addition of the Lebanese basketball cup. The most succeful Lebanese basketball clubs are Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut and Hekmeh known as C.S. Sagesse or Sagesse for men and Antranik SC for women. Basketball Players from Lebanon Fadi El Khatib Rony Seikaly Joe Vogel Jean Abdelnour Ali Mahmoud Chantelle Anderson woman Brian Beshara Rony Fahed Matt Freije Elie Mechantaf Jackson Vroman Shada Nasr woman Ghaleb Rida Omar El Turk Roy Samaha Sabah Khoury Basketball stub Category Basketball in Lebanon ... more details
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- Basketball Wales
Infobox Sport governing body assocname Basketball Wales br lang cy P l fasged Cymru logo Wales BBall.jpg logosize 80px sport Basketball jurisdiction Wales National founded 2008 aff affdate region regionyear ... Oakey womenscoach key staff operating income sponsor year closed replaced the Basketball Association of Wales prevfounded 1952 url www.basketballwales.com countryflag Basketball Wales lang cy P l fasged Cymru founded originally in 1952 as the Basketball Association of Wales is the sole controller and the Governing bodies of sports in Wales national governing body of all aspects of the game of basketball in Wales . It is responsible for the management of the Welsh National Basketball League, the national teams and for the organisation of all national and international basketball competitions held ... title BAW Basketball Association of Wales Home publisher Basketball Wales year 2009 accessdate 2009 07 13 work Basketball Wales website ref ref name Basged 2 cite web url http www.basketballwales.com ... 20BAW 202004.pdf publisher Basketball Wales year 2004 accessdate 2009 07 13 work Basketball ... National Centre, Cardiff br home to Basketball Wales center Basketball Wales is based at the Sport ... BW 20Contacts.htm title BAW Basketball Association of Wales Contacts publisher Basketball Wales year 2009 accessdate 2009 07 13 work Basketball Association of Wales Constitution ref See also Wales national basketball team References reflist colwidth 30em External links http www.basketballwales.com Official Basketball Wales website http www.northwalesbasketball.co.uk North Wales Basketball Association http www.westwalesbasketball.co.uk West Wales Basketball Association Clubs http abervalleyhurricanes.synthasite.com Abervalley Hurricanes Basketball http cardiffcapitals.synthasite.com Cardiff capitals Basketball http www.celtsbasketball.com Cardiff Celts Basketball http cardiffwarriors.yolasite.com Cardiff Warriors Basketball http www.cougarsbasketball.co.uk Cynffig Hill Cougars ... more details
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- Donkey basketball
Globalize USA date December 2010 Refimprove date January 2009 Image donkey basketball.jpg thumb Photograph of a donkey basketball player. Donkey basketball is a variation on the standard game of basketball , played on a standard basketball court, but in which the players ride donkey s. A donkey basketball game is usually staged as a one shot fundraising event, typically in public schools. One such fundraiser in Wenatchee, WA reports making well over 1,500 in a single night http www.wenatcheeworld.com news 2010 mar 09 annual donkey basketball fundraiser benefits . Commercial firms provide donkeys and equipment, splitting the proceeds with the hiring party. Donkey basketball has been practiced in the United States since the 1930s. Donkey basketball has been targeted by animal rights groups who claim that the sport is cruelty to animals cruel to animals ref name WMHS cite news url http www.whsv.com home headlines 86474532.html title PETA Calls for Valley School to Cancel Donkey Basketball Game last Pulley first Mary date 2010 03 04 publisher WHSV accessdate 6 March 2010 ref due to the inexperience of participants with handling the donkeys. Promoters counter that the events are supervised and the animals are treated humanely. References Reflist External links http www.donkeyball.com Buckeye Donkey Ball DEFAULTSORT Donkey Basketball Category Forms of basketball ... more details
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- Beach basketball
Beach Basketball is a modified version of basketball , played on beach es. It was invented in the USA by Philip Bryant. ref http www.beachbasketball.com World Beach Basketball site ref USA Beach basketball is played in a circle circular court with no backboard on the goal and no out of bounds rule, with the ball movement to be done via passes or 2 steps, as dribbling is next to impossible on sand. Beach basketball has become a very popular, widespread competitive sport. Fifteen Annual World Championships have been organized. Germany Situation In Germany beach basketball, or Beachbasketball as it is written in German language German ref de Beachbasketball Wikipedia Beachbasketball german site ref , is played in a way that is similar to basketball . The beach court is smaller than a standard basketball court and without lines. Over the year, several tournaments are held, ending in the German championship which is organized by the German basketball federation. ref http www.basketball bund.de basketball bund de events und projekte beachbasketball 19128.html German Basketball Federation Beachbasketball ref Within this tournaments various beach basketball team s play against each other. Rules ref http www.beachbasketball.de German beach basketball rules ref A beach basketball team has three players plus a maximum of two players to change. The court consists of a sand surface in the range of about 12 15 m, and two opposing basketball baskets and backboard, which are situated on the short sides of the pitch. Basically, there are no out line. The players play without shoes. A game lasts ... Reflist External links http www.beachbasketball.com World Beach Basketball site http www.beachbasketball.de German Basketball site http www.curling team.de themes contact and links links links.htm Collection of selected German beach basketball teams Team Sport DEFAULTSORT Beach Basketball Category Forms of basketball Category Beach sports basketball stub mr ja ... more details
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- Basketball tournament
Unreferenced date December 2009 Basketball tournament is a series of contests involving a relatively large number of competitors. A number of basketball teams compete and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner. The term may be used in either of two overlapping senses a One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval. b A competition involving multiple matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. A famous form of basketball tournaments are the NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship NCAA basketball tournament s men and women for Divisions I, II and III. DEFAULTSORT Basketball Tournament Category Basketball terminology ... more details
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- Turnover (basketball)
In basketball , a turnover occurs when a player from one team gives possession to a member of the opposing team by losing the ball. This can result from the ball being steal basketball stolen , the player making mistakes such as stepping out or throwing the ball out of bounds, or committing a violation such as traveling basketball traveling or committing an foul basketball offensive foul . Some players are prone to turnovers because of having poor court vision or making mental mistakes. Also, many superstars average more turnovers than anybody on their team as they will often be handling the ball. It is unusual for the best player of a team to have zero turnovers. Also, a point guard may often have the most turnovers because they are usually the player that possesses the ball most for their respective team. See also List of National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders Basketball statistics DEFAULTSORT Turnover Basketball Category Basketball terminology Category Basketball statistics de Turnover Basketball fr Turnover basket ball ru ... more details
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- Basketball statistician
In basketball , a basketball statistician is an official responsible for recording statistics during games, and providing reports to coaches, league officials, and depending on the competition media and spectators. In organized competition and at professional level, games may have a panel of one or more statisticians in attendance. The statistician s role is to record the game and provide a report commonly known as a boxscore during breaks between periods, and at the completion of each game. While the game scorer keeps track of points scored and fouls committed, statisticians also record other details of the game, such as Assist basketball assists , Turnover basketball turnovers , and field goal percentage . Game statistics can be recorded using tally sheets, or computer software designed for the purpose. Computerised methods are increasingly being used for professional competition and bigger tournaments ref Australian Basketball Statistics Committee Manual, July 2007 ref . External links http www.crezbasketball.com CREZ Basketball Systems Inc. , Software to score your own basketball games. Notes references DEFAULTSORT Basketball Statistician Category Basketball statistics Category Basketball people ... more details
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- Basketball in Andorra
Basketball in Andorra is organized by the Federaci Andorrana de Basquetbol Andorran Basketball Federation Catalan language Catalan Federaci Andorrana de Basquetbol . Andorra national basketball team Andorran national teams participates in FIBA Europe competitions. The senior teams play in EuroBasket Division C Division C and also in the Games of the Small States of Europe . National league Andorra has got also an amateur men league called Lliga Andorrana de B squet Andorran Basketball League . There are only five teams participating in this competition on 2010 11 season. They play a round robin tournament round robin regular season and later, the champion is determine in the playoffs. There is also a professional basketball club called BC Andorra , which plays in LEB Plata , Spanish basketball third tier. See also Federaci Andorrana de Basquetbol Andorran Basketball Federation Andorra national basketball team External links http www.fab.ad Andorran Basketball Federation website Catalan language Catalan Category Sport in Andorra Europe topic Basketball in hoops stub ... more details
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- 1892 in basketball
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in basketball this year 1892 Events January 15 James Naismith publishes his rules for Basket Ball . January 20 The first official basketball game was played in the YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts . March 11 First public basketball game. June 1 Senda Berenson appointed Athletic Director at Smith College . Births July 9 Elmer Oliphant , All American at Purdue Boilermakers men s basketball Purdue DEFAULTSORT 1892 In Basketball fr 1892 en basket ball ru 1892 ... more details
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- Basketball Manitoba
Infobox Sport governing body assocname Basketball Manitoba abbrev logo Baskman md.gif sport Basketball ... Sport Manitoba , Canada Basketball , Sport Canada , Reebok , Wilson Sports year closed replaced prevfounded url basketballmanitoba.ca countryflag Canada countryflag2 Manitoba Basketball Manitoba is the provincial sport governing body for basketball in the province of Manitoba , Canada , ref http www.basketballmanitoba.ca ... of the sport in Manitoba. Members include the Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association WMBA , Manitoba Basketball Coaches Association MBCA , the Manitoba Association of Basketball Officials MABO , the Labatt Super Men s Basketball League, the Winnipeg Senior Women s Basketball League WSWBL and players ... team athletes and all players and coaches that participate in provincial championships. Basketball ... Basketball Manitoba s mission is to promote and develop the sport of basketball throughout the province ... in the sport of basketball as a means of improving fitness and encouraging leadership and sportsmanship ... the sport of basketball competitions within the jurisdiction of the Provincial Sport Organization PSO . Ensure that Basketball Manitoba Programs are executed to maximum advantage. Encourage and stimulate public awareness of the sport of basketball in Manitoba and the role of Basketball Manitoba. Structure Basketball Manitoba is made up of ten Directors who comprise the Board and manage the Association ... for appointing and hiring all Basketball Manitoba employees. Basketball Manitoba currently employs ... Performance Coach Dan Becker. These three staff members work out of the Basketball Manitoba office at 145 ... that Basketball Manitoba offers. Programs A current list of Programs offered by Basketball Manitoba and its membership include Athletes Youth Manitoba Provincial Team Canada Basketball Centre for Performance Regional Training Centres Rising Stars Basketball League Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association Steve Nash Youth Basketball Todd MacCulloch Hoop School NBA Player Camps Manitoba Games ... more details
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